24 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc 



FARMERS' ANNUAL NORMAL INSTITUTE. 



PROGRAM 



First Session Convenes Tuesday Afternoon, May 25, 191.5 

 MR. W. F. THROOP, Espyville, Pa., Chairman. 

 Call to order 1.30 P. M. 



Address of Welcome, James E. Reany, Exposition Park, Pa. 



Hon. R. C. McMaster, Adamsville, Pa. 

 J. T. Campbell, Hartstown, Pa. 



Response, Hon A. L. Martin, Director of Institutes, Harrisburg, Pa. 

 L. W. Lighty, East Berlin, Pa. 



1 "COMMUNITY BREEDING." 



Prof. Helmer Rabild, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



2. "DISEASES OF FARM ANIMALS." 



Dr. C. J. Marshall, State Veterinarian, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa. 

 Note: — ^This Institute will be honored by the presence of Governor Brumbaugh, 

 unless prevented by official duties. 



Tuesday Evening, May 25, 1915. 



MR. WM. C. BLACK, Mercer, Pa., Chairman. 



Call to Order 7.30 P. M. 



1. "AGRICULTURE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS." 



Prof. L. H. Dennis, Expert Assistant in Agri- 

 cultural Education, Department of Public 

 Instruction, Harrisburg, Pa. 



2 "CENTRALIZATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS." 



E. B. Dorsett, Mansfield, Pa. 



3. "THE COUNTRY CHURCH; ITS RELATION TO AGRICULTURE." 



Rev. B. Monroe Posten, Pottstown, Pa. 



Wednesday Morning, May 26, 1915. 

 MR. WM. A. CRAWFORD, Cooperstown, Pa., Chairman. 

 Call to order 9.00 A. M. 



1. "A, DEFINITE PROGRAM IN BREEDING FOR EGG PRODUCTION." 



(Illustrated) . 



Prof. James E. Rice, In Charge of Poultry 

 Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



2. "FORTY POPULAR VARIETIES OF POULTRY." (Illustrated.) 



W. Theo. Wittman, Allentown, Pa. 



Wednesday Afternoon, May 26, 1915. 

 Note. — This period will be devoted to social recreation. 



